George Swan Murray FOWLER

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FOWLER, George Swan Murray

Service Number:	442340
Enlisted:	19 June 1943
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 214 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Bridgewater, South Australia, Australia ., 21 April 1925
Home Town:	Bridgewater (South Australia), Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Schooling:	Bridgewater Public School & Adelaide University, South Australia
Occupation:	Student
Died:	Flying Battle, North Sea, Atlantic Ocean, 9 February 1945, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial

World War 2 Service

19 Jun 1943:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 442340
19 Jun 1943:	Enlisted Adelaide
19 Jun 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 442340
9 Feb 1945:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 442340, No. 214 Squadron (RAF)
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

George Swan Murray FOWLER was born in Bridgewater in South Australia on 21st April, 1925

His parents were George Swan Murray FOWLER & Marie Katrine HENDERSON

Biography contributed by David Barlow

Flight Sergeant George Swan Murray Fowler 442340 RAAF of 214SQN RAF was killed when B17 Flying Fortress HB796 crashed off the coast from Kent, England - his body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial

Also killed: Buckland, Peter George (Flight Sergeant) 1337316 RAF / Banner, William Taylor (Sergeant) 2221107 RAF / Bunyan, William (Sergeant) 1118147 RAF / Usher, Thomas Wilfred Henry (Sergeant) 3050447 RAF / Carrott, Robert James (Sergeant) 1816917 RAF / Dobson, Ernest (Sergeant) 1590215 RAF / Robertson, James Peter (Pilot Officer) NZ 422318 RNZAF / Bennett, Lionel John (Warrant Officer) NZ 42287 RNZAF / Olds, Frederick Rossini (Flight Sergeant) NZ 427313 RNZAF

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